Is John focusing on confessing every single sin that we commit as we commit them as an additional requirement to remain cleansed? Or does John have in mind here a settled recognition and ongoing acknowledgment that one is a sinner in need of cleansing and forgiveness? Notice that 1 John 1:8 says, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us" and verse 10, which says, "If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." In CONTRAST to verse 9 - if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Is anyone trying to imply that everytime a believer commits a sin they are not cleansed until they confess that specific sin? Are they lost again until they confess that specific sin? What happens if they forget one?